----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Samba help please?
> On 12/7/2003 at 5:51 PM Al & Destiny wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >I have MDK 9.1 setup on an old box to link with my XP box. > > > >Samba seems to work great as a server...I can browse my home dir > from the > >XP > >box. > > > >But I cannot see any files on the XP box from Linux. > > > >I can browse the network. I can find the XP box. I can see the > share name > >"ddrive" (I know, not very imaginative, but it does the trick..I > know what > >it is.) > > > >After opening "ddrive" there are no files shown. > > > >Any ideas what I could be doing wrong??? > > > >TIA > > > >Shaz > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > Is there a user on the XP box that is identical to the Samba box? > This sounds like a permissions > issue. Make sure that the new user not only has a password that is > common to both boxes, but is > also in the same workgroup. > > Speaking of Samba, has anyone tried Samba 3.0 ? Anything to know in > advance about it? > > Lanman > > > > XP User/Password: al/111111 Linux User/Password: al/111111 Easy passwords huh? but only temporary till i can get it all up and running how I want it to be. How do I change workgroup with Mandrake? I know how to change XP, but it wants a reboot....(as usual with M$....) but I've heard that linux very rarely needs rebooting. Also, I keep hearing about "Webmin" as a configuration tool...where/how do I find it??? TIA Shaz
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